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From: "William A. Collins" <>
Subject: Re: [PABUCKS-L] A "Delicate" Matter
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:42:25 -0500


I'd say that the two charges are probably "related", not too unusual for the one to follow the first. What's the name? Could well be one of my families if they were Quaker.

Bill in Montgomery Twp, Montgomery Co.



R. Frazier wrote:

> While searching the Bucks County Criminal Papers, 1697-1786, I happened upon an ancestor with a Writ(?) of Recognizance to answer a charge of "Fornication and Bastardy". Did these two charges often go hand-in-hand, or do I have another ancestor I should be searching for? And this from a Quaker family! ;-(
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